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Swedish Prison and Probation Service

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The Swedish Prison and Probation Service's recruitment bus visiting Ystad 2025.

Swedish Prison and Probation Service (Swedish: Kriminalvården) is a Government agency that is part of the Swedish judicial system, tasked with incarcerating suspects during pre-trial and trial and convicts after sentencing. The Main Office of the agency is located in Norrköping.

The agency also handles deportations of individuals not allowed in the country.[1] Due to the increase in Swedish prison populations,[2] the agency announced it would consider sending incarcerated individuals to other countries[3] as it aims to increase the number of prison spaces from 9,000 to 27,000 by 2033.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Kriminalvårdens transportenhet". Kriminalvården (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  2. ^ "Swedish prison service declares 'crisis' amid cell shortage". The Local Sweden. 2024-02-13. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
  3. ^ "Sweden eyes sending inmates abroad as prisons full due to gang crime wave". The Straits Times. 2025-01-29. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
  4. ^ "Swedish government admits beiing "out of control" on crime". Brussels Signal. 2025-01-30. Retrieved 2025-06-30.